this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". good morning, the zika virus is spreading quickly, now stepping in to protect the us blood supply watch we expect to learn from health officials later on today. >> also, the candidates running for the republican presidential nominations square off in another debate. despite the fact did he not attend, donald trump's name came up often. >> and go ahead, the philadelphia auto show is kicking into high gear this weekend. we're live with a preview that's coming up. good morning, you made it to friday, january 29th, i'm erika von tiehl. getting your day started with a check on traffic and weather together. hopefully that morning commute is okay. i know we're talking about

snow showers. >> yesterday we had a lot of melting begin on again, temperatures little below freezing some spots. watch out for areas of black ice, especially sidewalks and parking lots, just be careful. lauren, looks like typical late january day. not bad at all. >> breeze will pick up as we head into the afternoon hours, so it will make it feel much colder than certainly we felt yesterday afternoon with the sunshine and the light winds. this morning, isn't quite as cold, still need the winter jacket. twenty-four hour temperature change up about six greeks in philadelphia, up about 10 degrees in allentown right now. temperatures, 32 degrees in philadelphia, so as justin was mentioning, most temperatures at or below freezing right now, all of the reporting sites. have to watch out for icy patches from the snow melt yesterday. middle 20's in the lehigh valley, 30 degrees right now in ac. storm scan3 showing us we do have some clouds in place, snow showers up wind. we do have chance of seeing few scattered showers mainly as we head into the afternoon

hours. they should not so much have a problem, but could see brief redock sean in visibility, get snow shower passing through, brian it with the winds, so temporarily reduce visibility, maybe people want to leave little earlier as they are headed off on their evening commute. hit the roads, get it out of the way, and enjoy the rest of your weekends. >> good morning, good call there, trying get out of town early if you can. an accident earlier, route 202 northbound, between 41 and 29, out near malvern, but now that's clear. looking good. this is southbound the headlight, northbound the tail light. no problems there right now, looking much better. actually all lanes block northbound 202, no issues now, so, forget about that. let's take to you 76 eastbound, past 202, here, and here you go. looking pretty good as well, heading toward the city. no problems. talcony palmyra bridge was up earlier, now it is back down, no issues, still quiet out

toward the mid-county interchange, southbound 476, snow mile peer starting to sling. >> this forecast just such a snow, but watch out for the melted that happened yesterdayment could be icy conditions on some of the untreated surfaces really anywhere across the delaware valley morning. heads up northeast extension, do have the right lanes blocked both directions. northbound and southbound from the east-west turnpike all the way to up quakertown. other than that traffic is being look pretty good there. no slow downs just yet. construction on 42 past 81, left lane stays blocked until 5:00 a.m. heads up on the patco line. we have special midday schedule going on so check ahead for any issues there. as far as our speeds go, looking good so far on this friday morning. that's a look at your ride. we send it back over to you. >> we expect to learn more today about the spread of the zika virus, in a briefing from the pennsylvania health department. officials think the virus spread by mosquitos responsible for spike in the number of babies born with

abnormally small heads. health officials urge pregnant woman not to travel to the affected regions like latin american. cdc says the outbreak, zika outbreak is unlikely. local health officials agree. >> anything which has a potential life threatening effect on our unborn babe says major concern, and we need to take it seriously, but i don't think it is time to panic. >> neither pennsylvania nor delaware have any confirmed cases of the zika virus. in new jersey there was one travel related case last year, that person who was from columbia recovered and returned to south america. our justin fin love have much or this virus coming up at 5:00. >> it was not an earthquake from new jersey to connecticut people were hearing sonic booms. the us gee logical survey says one of the booms centered just north of hammonton atlantic county. navy says it was fighter jets and f35c, similar to this one, and a f18. the f35c has a top speed of

nearly 1200 miles an hour. the booms happen when the jet go faster than the speed of sounds. >> kind of scary, you know, you're in school, you hear noises, not sure what's going on. >> the house was shaking. >> now in a statement, aircraft from naval test wing atlantic were conducted, including activities which may have result in the sonic booms. military aircraft routinely conduct supersonic flights in a area called the test track which parallels the entire coast of the delmarva peninsula. >> fraternal order of police comes together to help officer jesse hartnett. members of the f.o.p. held silent auction and dinner northeast philadelphia last night to honor hartnett. the officer is recovering after he was shot in west philadelphia earlier this month. police say edward archer admitted to pulling the trigger saying he did it in the name of islam. police officers from new york

city made the trip to philadelphia to take part in the event. >> it was just a phenominal time. the way that we were just able to meet up with him, just to shake his hand, just say hey, thank you very much. you know, for doing your job, to understand, you know, that we're here for you. >> the nypd officers presented hartnett with a plaque sam using him with his bravery and courage under fire. >> philadelphia police academy 374th class graduates this morning, first class to do so under new commissioner richard ross. thirty new recruits completed eight months of training, congratulations to all of our new officers. >> state senator vincent hughes will call for an investigation into the investigation of philadelphia's public schools. as well as more funding from harrisburg. he will announce his plan at lock elementary school in west philadelphia. students there were sent home early last week when the building lost heat. >> republicans seeking the white house gathered for the final debate before the iowa caucuses all except donald

trump. now two of them, senators marco rubio, jeb bush, sparred over immigration. >> i know securing our board zester not anti-immigrant. >> we should have a path to legal status for 129 people people here illegally. >> senator ted cruz thanked the other candidate for showing up and respecting voters. one of the jabs they gave trump for ac no show. trump instead held rally just few miles from the debate. he says it raised $6 million for veterans. he boycotted the debate hot dollars -- hosted by fox news because of his perception the cable coverage of him was unfair. >> enjoyed that. i've enjoyed that. all of the on line polls say i've done very well with that with the de bales, i've had a kick with it, but do you have stick up for your rights. when you treat it badly, you have to stick up for your rights. >> you have to do it. >> stay with "eyewitness news", as we stay up to date on campaign 2016. the iowa caucuses are monday,

and we'll have complete coverage on air, on line, at cbsphilly.com. 4:38 right now. get ready to rev your engines, live with a preview of this year's philadelphia auto show. pat, how is it looking? >> reporter: good morning, erika, looking beautiful here. it is that time of year again, the philadelphia auto show. so many cars that i cannot afford, but there is a ton going on here. 700,000 square feet worth of cars. we'll have plenty more all morning right here on cbs-3. erika, back to you. >> can't wait to see you do those test drives, pat, thank you. also ahead from k9 units to explosive experts to mystery bucks on the streets of san francisco. how local and federal authorities are preparing for superbowl 50. just a week and a couple of days from now. we'll be right

>> welcome back, from class particulars vehicles of the future, there is really something for everyone.

joining us live from the convention center, good morning, pat. >> live at the philadelphia all the owe show at the convention center, so much going on here, there isn't anyone here just yet, because we have sneak peak this morning for you all morning long on cbs-3. take a look at all of the beautiful vehicles inside here. some information for you if you decide to come down here. when you get in here over 40 brands, 700 different vehicles, production cars, classic cars, exotic cars and the return. mini-van, all morning long checking on some of the most amazing cars on the plan wet this lovely sneak place,

lovely place to our love, which you have to love. what i love the most is what i love the most is the mustang. >> this is the orange mustang, one of many beautiful cars here, but the mustang itself, this seat here, fits my butt like a glove, this is amazing so i'll just hang out here for few hours, here all morning long, checking out crazy bently's, rolls royce cents but for right now i'm just going to relax, erika, i'll just relax, sends it back to you then we'll see now little bit. cool? >> so glad it fits your hiney well. that was our concern here in the studio. sigh you later on in the show, have fun. >> auto show opening to the public tomorrow runs through february 7th at the pennsylvania convention isn't err. if you are planning to go we have everything you need to know at cbsphilly.comment sweet rides out there every year, saw morning commutes pretty good. could be dodging snow showers,

early in the commute, windy, as well. can't be perfect but tomorrow looks like nice day to start off the weekends, sunny and seasonable. temperatures not quite as chilly as yesterday morning, down into the teens in the lehigh valley, right now, still pretty cold, middle 20's, 24 allentown. >> current temperatures, millville, right now, not dealing with a windchill impact. winds are calm to light. as we head into the afternoon hours, we are going to see blustery conditions take over with wind gusts upwards of 30 miles per hour, so it will push that windchill temperature down >> again, just passing snow showers, no worry much in the way of accumulation, but could locally reduce visibility for brief period of time.

40 degrees the high temperature, right around average for us, sunrise at 7:12 this morning with the strong northwesterly wind. picking up as the day goes on, ten to 20 miles per hour with the higher gusts, tonight mostly clear, still windy, so down to 23 degrees, those windchills will be down into the teens and potentially single digits, as we head into tonight. , up around 52 monday, groundhog tuesday, 53 degrees, and check that out. it will be soggy day, could even have a thundershower moving through, with that mild air in place. >> i can take the rain if it means 06 degrees, lauren, thank you. bay area is getting ready for superbowl 50, little more than week away. superbowl city under construction in downtown san francisco. residents there also noticing strange new boxes on the street. they're marked with tags that

say homeland security and do not unplug. it is part of a government program called bio watch. sampling air particles for biological weapons. >> they're keeping you safer than if you didn't have them. right now they are looking at 12 to 36-hour turned around on the samples. >> the billion dollars program is not without controversy, though. the government accounting office says it is not clear whether it even works. also, the sample have to be hand delivered. >> the fbi is announcing their security plans for the superbowl. that includes a joint operations center. it is at a secret location near levi stadiumment san jose police department is assisting federal authority. they've been training for a month and scenarios like active shooter. the goal never be too far from a large crowd. >> we don't want to be over bearing, not going to see a police day where officers are hovering over people with rifles. but we are going to be present. >> i think the achilles heel for us is either active

shooter or lone wolf on soft target. >> fbi says 90k9 units will be on duty to check for explosives. eighty bomb technicians will be working, an as women, one focus protecting the fiberoptic cables. >> one other note about our superbowl coverage. don bell is headed west to look for don's reports from san francisco starting this coming wednesday night on "eyewitness news" at 11:00. still ahead here on "eyewitness news" this morning, the reason behind amazon's stock plummet on wall street. first though, here's what's coming up on cbs-3.

>> the us government's fight against the zika virus topping the headlines, work to go defer blood donations from regions where the mosquito born virus is prevalent. they've link it to birth defect. >> candidates at the

republican presidential debate in iowa criticize donald trump for boycotting the event. trump's feud with the net could the boycotted and held a veterans event nearby. >> and that famous fiat used by pope francis during his september visit to philadelphia, it will be auction off at the philadelphia auto show. the show opens tomorrow and runs through february 7th. it will feature 700 cars including exotic classic and concept vehicles. all right, 4:49 right now, time for check on your business news, money watch's jill wagner joins us from the new york stock exchange, amazon stock took quite a hit yesterday. >> disappointing fourth quarter result sent shares of the e commerce giant into a tailspin. they fell to 14% in after hours trading. so this is what's behind it. amazon made a huge profit during the holiday shopping season, they delivered a record number of packages. but, that's part of the problem, that their shipping costs are so high. so, so far this year amazon shares have lost 6% of their value. and, you know, now it is

starting to make sense, why amazon wants to test drones, things like that, to deliver packages, because that's a huge, huge cost for them. it eats into their profit. >> the rest of us love that prime, right? >> exactly. >> if you want to go see a show, sporting event, seems so expensive, now ticket fixing investigation in new york state. what's it finding? >> so new york's attorney general says the system is rigged. there is an investigation, he found that half of the tickets to many events, for concerts, sporting events, they're actually held for industry insiders or promoters. they're unavailable to the public. brokers then re-sell those tickets on site like stub hub for way more than face value. sometimes, ten times the original cost. and this is where coy go on my rant about not getting bruce springsteen ticket. i'll save that. it makes sense. all of those tickets they sell outweigh too quickly. >> duly my producer hug i bear size we have time if you want to go off on how you can't get

bruce springsteen ticket, go for it, jill. >> you know what? i've been trying, they sold out so quickly now finally we hear there will be two new concerts at barkley's, i hope you can get ticket for that one, but such a shame because fans can't get ticket and they can't see the concert they want at affordable prices. >> jill, here's hoping to go see the boss, we're pulling for you here in philly. >> thank you, thanks. >> see you later this morning. >> a loft bruce springsteen fans. >> thanks so much, jill hey the philadelphia zoo is celebrating birthday for one of its most popular residents, matuba, western low land guerrilla turns 31 years old, zoo surprised him with a delicious cake made of yogurt, sweet potatoes and other treat. unfortunately, did not get a chance tone joy it two female guerillas in the exhibit took all three cakes for themselves. >> ann was hoping that the girls wouldn't steel them. but they are faster than he is. so yes, he'll get the rest of the treats, though, there are lot of goodness there.

i think he'll be all right. >> snooze you lose. he did seem happen which romain lettuce tossed out to him. his real birthday is january 23rd but had to postpone the celebration bass of last saturday's snowstorm. looks like he's having fun, though. coming up after your break, traffic and weather together on this friday morning.

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not 4, not 6, but 12 hours. let's end this >> temperatures this morning, not quite as cold as what we con fended when yesterday morning, at 32 degrees right now in philadelphia, winds still calm, no windchill impact, 31, right now down the shore, and 27 to kick things off in the poconos, today, storm scan3, showing us quiet conditions so far across the delaware valley, some clouds in place, but you do notice those snow showers up wind, we'll see few of those sneak in, kind of scattered in nature. don't worry too much about the way of accumulation heading through the day today. we could indeed see few passing flakes in your dahli planner today, becoming blustery, especially by

lunchtime. those winds really whipping this afternoon, so high temperatures top off right near 40 degrees, but with the wind, gust to go around 30 miles per hour, those windchills, will be in the 20's, throughout much of our friday. get sneak peak at your weekends weather looking pretty good, justin, tomorrow 40 degrees, sunshine, of course this morning little concern with those temperatures at or just below freezing with some of the icy patches on the roads. >> yes, that's right, and yesterday, beautiful day. we saw a lot of melting. so again, watch out for areas of black ice, especially sidewalks, driveways, parking lot, that's where the worse of it is right now. highways still have salt on the gown, so things are pretty good. moving okay shape both ways on the vine street expressway this morning no issues there. out to 95 past cottman, looking south, volume picking up little bit speed still coming in at the speed limit. city avenue looking northbound here toward 76, no problems, actually, both directions. heads up in new jersey, turnpike, we have jackknife tractor-trailer, the right lane blocked southbound, the outer drive here just past i195 in new jersey. heads up burlington bristol

bridge. schedule opening in a few minutes, coming up at 5:05, construction zone continues at 42 northbound just past 681. back to you. >> thank you, here is checking stories our sister station "kyw news radio" 1060 is following. the president of norristown's council is apologizing to residents over the city's snow response. also, this year, club is going to court to try to block a natural gas pipeline from being installed in the new jersey pinelands. >> and, we have an update on the philadelphia plan to host the democratic national convention, if you can believe it, just six months away now. check in two, three, four times a day, "kyw news radio" 1060 on your a.m. dial. coming up in the next hour here on "eyewitness news", we have the latest on the growing zika virus outbreak, steps being taken to keep you safe. also, as you saw earlier, pat gallen is getting a nice sneak peak of the philadelphia auto show. we'll come back in to see some of the

>> good morning, sounding the alarm on the zika virus, that virus is spreading, fears, that it will eventually be found in the mosquitos in the u.s. we'll tell you what's being done today to keep you safe. >> new this morning, jump to go safety. woman leaps from the third floor of this home to escape a fire. we'll let you know how she doing and what sparked that fire. >> also: when you treat it badly, do you have stick up for your rights. you have to do it. >> donald trump stands his ground and sit out the last republican debate before the iowa caucuses, we'll tell you the impact that trump's absence had on the debate. good morning, you made it to

friday, it is january 28, i'm erika von tiehl. katie and meisha are off. justin, checking roads and skies, good morning. >> good morning, yes, still got to watch out for the areas of black ice, a lot of melting. stem turse style below freeze nag lot of spot. lauren inbetween two storm systems today corks get passing snow shower? >> it could move through when the wind pick up as we head into the lunch hour and this afternoon, could locally reduce visibility, do watch out for that. but we're not worried too much about accumulation. could see little bit toward the poconos, but right now, all is quiet in center city philadelphia. getting a live look on "skycam 3", temperature, 28 degrees, so not quite as chilly this morning. still need the winter coat. winds are cam. that's going to change, as we head into the second half of the day today. winds calm to light across much of the delaware valley, but it is going to be a blustery friday afternoon. storm scan3, showing us quiet conditions right now, clouds in place, but there are those snow showers that we are tracking up winds, on the back si o